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Why on earth would they put cameras in locker rooms?! That vague “safety and security” Is not going to cut it as an acceptable reason.
This wouldn’t fly as a reason to put cameras in women’s locker room, and it shouldn’t fly as a reason to put on in men’s, either.
I’m assuming there’s either stealing issues, or some form of harassment happening.
Doesn’t matter, the camera is passive and not going to correct whatever liability concern have; while introducing entirely new liability concerns…
They probably had some repeated instances of stealing and thought a $2000 security camera setup is cheaper than hiring more staff. I’m assuming they also can’t admit they have an issue with thieves because it could make them look bad?
A good thing to remember when they do things for "safety and security" is that they aren't talking about your safety and security. This is just a liability issue they are trying to avoid while pretending it's for your benefit.
This will 100% not end well. I think we've yet to see even hardened financial / data collection systems be hack-proof. A random gym is not going to safeguard that data and/or monitor it responsibly.
monitoring of these specific areas will be discrete and only accessible by trained monitoring technicians.
Sounds like they proved you wrong. /s
Is that not illegal?
I definitely have an expectation of privacy in a locker room...
Put cameras in the women's locker room & that place would be burned to the ground 5 minutes later...
If they can't do it to women, why can they do it to men?
If the market doesn’t respond by absolutely burying that business in the first few months, this will spread.